The State Bar of Arizona filed a formal misconduct complaint against the deputy Maricopa County attorney Tuesday, including numerous allegations from women in the County Attorney's Office that he sexually harassed them.

Martinez denies the complaint allegations.

"Mr. Martinez looks forward to the opportunity to defend himself and be exonerated from this Bar charge," his attorney Donald Wilson, Jr. said via email. "This will not deter him from continuing to do the fine work he has done for the citizens of Maricopa County."

Martinez has faced several allegations of misconduct in the past.

The Maricopa County Attorney's Office last year conducted an internal investigation into Martinez. He was disciplined, county officials said, but the county has refused to publicly release any details.

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery last year described the nature of the discipline as "administrative and training," and said only that it was for violating office policy.

When asked for the County Attorney's Office comment on the most recent complaint, spokeswoman Amanda Steele said they were aware of it.

"We are now aware of an official complaint filed by the Arizona State Bar following an investigation we cooperated with and provided the State Bar with requested materials," she said via email. "As with similar matters, we will respect the Bar disciplinary process and not comment further."

The complaint

According to court documents, the complaint concerns Martinez's actions during and surrounding Arias' murder trial. Arias received a life sentence for the murder of Travis Alexander, and the trial made international headlines for weeks.

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The complaint alleges Martinez had flirtatious or sexual relationships with a blogger during the Arias trial, and tried to get her to get information about jurors or leak confidential case information to him.

A court reporter for Maricopa County Superior Court also accused the prosecutor of making inappropriate comments about her, according to court documents.

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The victim: Travis Alexander, a 30-year-old businessman, was found dead in his 4,500-square-foot Mesa home near Elliot and Meridian roads in June 2008. He had been dating Jodi Arias (pictured center). They split up, but Alexander would still invite Arias to his house for sex. When his body was found, his throat was slit, he was stabbed 27 times and shot. Later in the trial Arias admitted to murdering Travis, but alleged that Travis abused her leading up to the murder. Special for The Republic

The Accused: Jodi Arias was sentenced to a natural life in prison for the murder of Travis Alexander, during the trial she was facing the death penalty. She admitted shooting Alexander to death, but said he was abusive and that she killed him in self-defense. Alexander was also stabbed 27 times. The murder was Arias was found guilty of first-degree murder in May 2013, but the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision on whether to sentence her to death. The case went back to court in fall 2014 for a new jury to decide her sentence. In the retrial, the second jury reached an impasse when one juror refused to sentence Arias to death. The juror was immediately outed in social media and threatened by angry trial watchers. Arias was sentenced to life in prison. Tom Tingle/The Republic

The prosecutor: Deputy County Attorney Juan Martinez, a prosecutor known for his gamesmanship, asked the jury to sentence Jodi Arias to death. She was given a sentence of a natural life in prison. His conduct during the trial came under scrutiny of defense attorneys when he was shown in the media posing for pictures with trial spectators outside the courthouse. He wrote a book about the trial and later faced charges against him alleging some of the contents of his book were sealed by court order. The charges were later dismissed, but he still faces various other ethics charges pending against him. The Republic

Defense attorney Kirk Nurmi was disbarred in 2016 after a formal complaint against him for a book he wrote about the trial. The complaint said he revealed attorney-client privileged information. During the trial he attempted repeatedly to be removed from the case. Arias also asked that Nurmi, a public defender, be fired. In August 2014, Arias announced she would represent herself. Judge Sherry Stephens granted Arias' motion to act as her own attorney, as was her right. However, Arias gave up her intent to defend herself in September. The Republic

The defense: While defense attorney Kirk Nurmi questioned Jodi Arias on the stand for 19 days, defense attorney Jennifer Willmott handled the expert witnesses for the defense, including Alyce LaViolette, a domestic violence expert. Willmott also tried to discredit a state witness, clinical psychologist Janeen DeMarte, who said Arias is not a battered woman. The Republic

The judge: Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens was the judge presiding over the murder trial. On March 5, 2015 Stephens declared a mistrial shortly after 10 a.m. saying jurors repeatedly indicated they could not reach consensus. Before the verdict, she denied a motion by Arias' defense counsel to dismiss the possibility of the death penalty. The Republic

The detective: Jodi Arias' first mistake in avoiding detection in the killing was outlined in court: She called the detective in charge of the case to see what he knew about the killing right after it happened. He already knew who she was. Later in the trial, the defense accused Detective Esteban Flores of perjury for changing his testimony about whether Alexander was shot first. In 2009, Flores said Arias shot Alexander first. That changed when the case went to trial, and the prosecution alleged that Alexander was stabbed first, then shot to finish him off. The Republic

The medical examiner: Medical Examiner Kevin Horn testified about the wounds that Travis Alexander received. He said the gunshot likely would have incapacitated Alexander, making it unlikely he fought back. Because Alexander had extensive defensive cuts on his arms and legs, he obviously put up a fight. Therefore, Horn said, it was unlikely he was shot first. The Republic

The witness: Alyce LaViolette, a psychotherapist who specializes in domestic violence, appeared to try to explain why there is no evidence or witnesses to corroborate Jodi Arias' claims that her lover had grown physically abusive in the months before she killed him. LaViolette explained that it's typical for a battered woman not to tell anyone about the abuse. She faced a tough cross-examination by the prosecutor, who questioned her assessment of Arias and whether she talked to any other witness besides Arias. The Republic

The witness: Clinical psychologist Janeen DeMarte testified as a prosecution rebuttal witness to discredit defense experts who diagnosed Jodi Arias with PTSD, amnesia and battered woman's syndrome. DeMarte has since explained that Arias suffers from none of the conditions, but instead had borderline personality disorder. The Republic

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Actions during Arias trial

According to court records, confidential information was leaked to the media during the Arias trial.

Documents allege Martinez had sexual relationships with a blogger and asked her to seek information from the jury. He told the blogger that if anyone found out he would be disbarred, according to records.

Also, he is accused of talking to jury members directly about how other members viewed the case. Documents state he had a sexual relationship with a juror that included her sending unsolicited nude photographs.

Court records accused Martinez of lying during his deposition about his relationship with the blogger and his communication with the juror.

Allegations of sexual harassment

A court reporter with Maricopa County Superior Court claimed she was warned by a supervisor that certain people, including Martinez, were flirtatious and that she should avoid them, according to court records.

During hearings for the Arias case, she claims, Martinez stared at her and commented on her appearance. She said he would make inappropriate comments.

"I like the person that's in the skirt," and "I would like to see what is inside that skirt" or "I'd really like to see what's inside," were among the comments, according to court records.

The court reporter said after the Arias case, Martinez told her, "I really miss those skirts," according to documents.

Martinez is also accused of making comments toward coworkers at the County Attorney's Office. The office investigated the prosecutor in December 2017 and interviewed 30 employees, according to court records.

"The allegations included making inappropriate comments, primarily to law clerks, which were of a sexual nature, engaging in unwanted touching and making persistent unwelcome invitations to go to lunch or on a date," court documents stated.

According to records, Martinez took a law clerk to lunch and asked if she had a boyfriend. He made a comment about "putting a hit on the boyfriend" in order to have her to himself. The clerk claimed she felt he was looking at her "like he was taking her clothes off with his eyes," which made her hide in the bathroom at work to avoid him.

Another clerk claims Martinez told her "he wanted to climb her like a statue, or words to that effect," according to court records. The documents stated the prosecutor invited her to Las Vegas and said he could guess the color of her underwear.

Martinez was accused of telling a clerk about nude photographs he received during the Arias trial, according to court records.

The documents also allege that the prosecutor "looked at female employees' chests and blatantly looked them up and down as they walked away, which resulted in some of the female law clerks ducking into cubicles or engaging in busy work" to avoid him.

Other clerks claimed Martinez commented about their weight and told one to leave her husband, according to records.

His conduct caused female coworkers to create a "JM [s--t] list," which the court described as an unwritten list of his conduct against female coworkers.

What's next

The Arizona Supreme Court adopts rules that cover professional conduct for Arizona attorneys. The rules cover everything from what an attorney can name their law firm to matters involving being truthful with the court.

The State Bar of Arizona is the organization that receives complaints against attorneys and decides whether to investigate.

The Arizona Supreme Court's Attorney Discipline Probable Cause Committee, which acts similar to a grand jury, reviewed the Martinez allegations of rule violations and issued a probable cause order, which authorized the State Bar to prepare the complaint.

Martinez now has 20 days to file a response before a hearing will be scheduled with the court's disciplinary panel. The panel will hear evidence and issue a finding on whether Martinez violated professional conduct rules. If the panel finds Martinez in violation, it would also decide sanctions.

Sanctions range from the least serious like admonition or reprimand to the more serious like suspension or disbarment. An admonition wouldn't appear by the attorney's name on the State Bar of Arizona's website, but a reprimand would be noted by the attorney's name.

High-profile cases

Despite numerous allegations in recent years, Martinez continues to prosecute high-profile homicide cases for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, including

Cicero Beemon, in which Martinez compared the actions of Beemon’s Jewish defense attorney to those of Adolf Hitler.

Cory Morris, in which Martinez asked jurors how they would like to be strangled by the defendant.

Michael Gallardo, in which Martinez was told not to repeat that the father of the victim could never again call his son but did so anyway.

Shawn Lynch, in which Martinez again asked jurors to imagine themselves being murdered by the defendant, specifically having their throats slit.

Jodi Arias, for telling defense attorney Jennifer Willmott during a sidebar at the judge’s bench that if he were married to Willmott he would “F---king want to kill myself.” He later told Willmott she should go back to law school.

In separate allegations in February, Martinez was accused of introducing false evidence during the trial of Daimen Irizarry. Irizarry was sentenced to 107 years in prison in connection with the fatal shooting of Gilbert Lt. Eric Shuhandler. Martinez is currently trying Irizarry's accomplice Redondo, who faces first-degree murder charges.